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Elliot S. Gershon

Elliot S. Gershon MD

Neurology, Psychiatry
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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Dr. Gershon’s interests have included the neurobiology, genetics and treatment of mental disorders, particularly major depression and bipolar disorder. He began his career in genetic epidemiology, creating new methods for family studies of disease. In recent years, Dr. Gershon has been examining genetic and chromosomal disorders and re-arrangements that can predispose people to psychiatric disorders. He is currently focused on chromosomal microdeletions and microduplications associated with brain and behavior disorders, particularly new mutations, which highly influence the risk of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and autism.